The share of electric vehicles (EVs) in Norway’s new passenger car market remained high in May, coming in at 97.8 per cent, helping to maintain a 98 per cent share across the first five months of the year.
New figures published on Monday by Opplysningsrådet for veitrafikken (OFV), Norway’s road traffic information council, revealed that 15,560 new passenger cars were registered for the first time across the country in May, up by 9 percentage points over May of 2025.
The share of EVs remained consistently high, as it has for several years now, with battery electric vehicles (BEVs) accounting for 97.8 per cent of all new cars registered in May.
Out of the 15,560 new passenger cars registered in May, 15,210 were BEVs, 200 were a hybrid variant of some type, while there were only 150 new petrol and diesel cars.
American EV giant Tesla was the best-selling car brand in May with a 21.5 per cent market share of the total, followed by Toyota and Volkswagen.
Tesla’s dominance was almost entirely due to the Model Y, which accounted for 20.09 per cent of all car registrations. Volkswagen’s lineup of electric ID models also performed well, taking fourth through sixth place. Toyota took the 2nd and 3rd spots with EVs that they have yet to bring to Australia.
While Tesla’s Model Y remains a hugely popular car in Norway, the rest of the market is beginning to make their mark with a broad portfolio of available EVs.
See The Driven’s detailed EV sales data for Australia here: Australian electric vehicle sales by month in 2026; by model and by brand.
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